'conch shells' definitions:
Definition of 'conch shells'
- Strombus \Strom"bus\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (Zool.)
A genus of marine gastropods in which the shell has the outer
lip dilated into a broad wing. It includes many large and
handsome species commonly called conch shells, or conchs.
See Conch.
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